Crookwell Wind Farm, New South Wales

Crookwell Wind Farm, New South Wales

Crookwell Wind Farm, located at Crookwell west of Goulburn, New South Wales, consists of eight 600kW wind turbines giving a total capacity of 4.8 MW. It was the first grid-connected wind farm in Australia when built by Pacific Power in 1998. It is now owned by Eraring Energy, and the wind farm currently supplies electricity to Country Energy's "GreenPower" customers. [ [http://www.deus.nsw.gov.au/energy/Renewable%20Energy/Wind.asp#P39_3539 Wind Farms in NSW] ]

Planning approval has been received for phase two of the Crookwell Wind Farm, which will have an installed capacity of 92 MW.

ee also

*Wind power in Australia

References

External links

*Eraring Energy page on [http://www.eraring-energy.com.au/art-template-normal.asp?CID=54&AID=199 Crookwell Wind Farm]


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